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Jaycees To Have New Year’s Square DaiiSe 'At Whitehall Monday Mount Holly News Constructive—If It Will Help Mount Holly And Gaston County The News Is For It—Progressive VOL. XXVII. MOUNT HOLLY, N. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1950 NUMBER 46 VFW Gives Toys To 15 Families Fifteen families and a large number of underpriviledged chil dren enjoyed a Merry Christmas this year thanks to the James Parks Warren po«t of the Veter ans of Foreign Wi rs and the gen erosity of Mount Holly residents. Closing their drive recently for xised and new toys and other items' needed by families in this community which are underprivi leged, the veterans reported co operation far beyond their great est expectations and promptly set to work to put the toys in shape for delivery. Members of the Ladies Auxil iary assisted in the work of reno vating the toys where possible and last Friday night, two nights before Christmas Eve, four groups of vets set out to deliver the toys. The town and adjoining area was divided into four sections by Commander Rudy Cole, who dis played a trip to assist in deliver ing the toysL A large number of veterans were on hand to deliver the toys and the trips began about 8 p. m. A number of local residents and merchants also made last minute contributions to the toy pile which really made the program of assis tance to needy families a success. • One local resident who did not wish his name disclosed, brought four electric trains to the V.F.W. hut just before the vets started their deliveries and Commander *^016 said that several other indi viduals also brought nice toys. '■ Vets reported grateful thanks to donors of the toys from parents who received them Friday night and put them away so Santa could make his visit Christmas Eve on schedule. Square Dance Again Monday The last in the series of Jaycee- sponsored square dances will be held next Monday night when the Jsycees sponsor their New Year’s dance which they hope will at tract the largest crowd of any of the series. The dance will be held at the American Yarn and Pro cessing Company building former- "ly owned by the Whitehall Mills on East Central Ave., and will begin at 8 p. m. Couples are ex pected to begin arriving at about 7:30 p. m. Admission to the New Year’s dance will be only 50 cents per person, the Jaycees pointed out, as at the other dances, and holi day crowds are expected to top all records at the Jaycee dances this year. Thad Lawing and his band will play for this dance. The local square dance band is known as one of the finest in this section and has furnished music for each of the Jaycee dances in the past. Mount Holly Jaycees who origi nated the series of indoor dances several weeks with proceeds from the dances slated for the Community Building Fund and each dance has proved to be a tremendous success with many couples traveling to Mount Holly from surrounding towns and cities especially to attend the dances. Billed* as “the biggest indoor dances in the world” the square dances have more than lived up to the expectations of the mem bers of the Junior Chamber of Commerce of Mount Holly. Grab your partner and head for the Whitehall Mill building next Monday night come 7:30 and en joy an evening of old fashioned dancing and fun on the first night in 1951. THE KEY TO THE NEW YEAR The Key to Success in 1951 is to do whatever task you have to do the best you can. Remember that extra effort means extra produc tion, and the more that we pro duce the closer we come to Victory in this impending war. Also, the closer we will come to the ultimate Goal of Everlasting Peace. We must not allow any outside, insid- ous forces to divide this communi ty. We must work together and give Our Boys in the Armed Serv ices what they need in Cotton Yarns. We must remember that we have built up here more Textile Industry than all the New Eng land States have in their combin ed fields. We must build Mount Holly. Remember to read our Edi torial Page in this issue. New Savings Bonds National Poster Police Report Quiet Holidays Chie fof Police R. C. Robinson of the Mount Holly Police Depart ment reported the quietest Christ mas on record in many years dur ing the recent Yule season and WE APOLOGIZE TO CHARLIE'S I told News reporters this week that DRUG STORE jhe wished to express the appre- Last week the Christmas Greet- ciation of the. local officers to He^ new Treasury poster which wUl hdp in a nationwide effort to step np participation n plan forbnytaf ^vlngs Bonds. to stimulate Interest the PayroU Savings Grocers To Close New Years Day The grocer store division of the Riverbend Merchants Association in Mount Holly announced this week that the local gro»r stores would be closed on next Monday, New Years Day. They will open for a half day Tuesday, January 2nd and go back on their regular schedule the following Wednes- March Of Dimes Firemen Busy Drive Starts Soon During Holidays Chairmen Tommy Holland, Ed j Members of the Mount Holly Painter, and Mrs. Frank L. pjj.g Department were Rankin, who will head the mens , . . , . * v ,. and womens' divisions of the an-i*‘®P‘ during Christmas holi- nual March of Dimes drive next days with six aUrms between De- month, will attend a county or-icember la and December 26. ganization meeting to be held ini Worst of the blazes answered by Gastonia next Tuesday night. I the firemen here was the blaze Plans for the drive in Gaston which gutted Gene’s Cafe in Ca- county will be made at this meet ing and quotas will be set for the towns and cities in the county which will participate inthe drive. Judge Julius T. Sanders, who is one of the key men in the county organization for this year’s drive, this week named the sum of $32' tawba Heights. The Mount Holly Fire Department was called to this blaze when the Belmont Fire Department which received the alarm began to run short of water, but the fire was quickly brought under control with a minimum of damage to the outside of the 000 as the county goal for 1951. j building. The smoke and flames The organizational meeting will | of the huge blaze caused one traf- be held at the Elk’s Club in Gas-. fic accident on the Mount HoUy- tonia, Mr. Holland stated this Belmont highway partjally block ing advertisement of Charlie's : everyone who cooperated in help- day. They appreciate the co-opera- Drug Store was: inadventently, ing to make it so. Police had a tion of the public. omitted. Mr. Taylor has always;very quiet holiday season with ran an advertisement of thanks [only three or four arrests n^ade || and greetings to his friends and |on small offenses; it was reported. UiJ llOOQ dl0l6S during the rush and bustle of, Chief among these of course were Haim Vaapa Christmas business the ad was the usual holiday drinkers wholUpBIl ilvW TVaiS overlooked by us. We are sorry,: indulged in too much beverage I Charlie and hope this explains [of an alcoholic content. j The majority of local stores to the public why your ad was not in the paper. Schools To Open Superintendent S. H. Helton announced today that schools of Mount Holly would open on Mon day for both high school and grammar grades. Mr. Helton stat ed that of course if ice or bad weather continued that the schools would not open but bar ring bad weather the kids will start back again Monday. Chief Robinson stated that offi cers thoroughly enjoy a holiday season without a wave of petty breaking and enterings and other small offenses. This year has set records in everal of the much larger cities of the United States it is understood with at least one huge industrial city reporting not a single arrest during Christmas. ANNOUNCE BIRTH Mr. and Mi*s. H. F. Williams of Memphis announce the birth of a son December 14. which are members of the River- bend Township Merchants Asso ciation are planning to remain open New Year’s Day which is next Monday, January 1, 1951. This announcen\ent was made this week by Mrs. Kathleen Herald, secretary for the association, who said that the merchants had in dicated their plans to continue ‘business as usual" throughout the day. Local stores were closed Monday and Tuesday for Christ mas this year following one of the largest shopping seasons in sev eral years. week and the dinner meeting will begin at 7 p. m. Assistants: to the community chairmen who will be aiding in putting the drive over have also been extended invita tions to attend. The March of Dimes drive this year will begin on January 15 and will continue through January 31. Neither of the local chairmen is ready to release any of the details concerning their organiza tional plans locally imtil after the county meeting where literature and supplies will be given out. However, the March of Dimes drive this year will probably fol low the same general plan of the preceeding yeam with the wo men’s division handling special donations by mail and the mens’ division in charge of the collec tions instores and by canvassing. Mr. Painter, pointing out the importance of the drive this year stated that though it has not been as widely publicised as in the past, polio struck heavily again during the year 1950. Only one year exceeded the past year in violence and- that was the year 1949. More than 30,000 men, wo men, and children were stricken by polio this year. Before 1950 is over, March of ing the Belmont Fire Department from the scene for a short time. On December 18 the firemen an. swered an alarm in N|orth Bel mont but before they could arrive following the delay in receiving the alarm, the home was com pletely lost. The Belmont firemen answered the call first and called for Mount Holly assistance when their pump failed. On December 19 a home in the Hickory Grove section was lost but the local firemen saved other outbuildings after ariving on the scene. On December 22 a false alarm Bnilding And Savings In Big Growth During 1950 Keith M. Pennington, lithographer, third class, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Pennington of Catawbe Heights, Mt. Holly, N. C., is shown at work aboard the amptUbions force flagship USS Mt. McKinley, operat ing off Korea. Pennington enter^ the Naval service July 17. 1948, and received his recruit training at the U.S. Naval Training Center, San Diego, Calif. * (Official U.S. Navy PhocoKrtpb—1062624) The Mutual Building and Sav ings Association of Mount Holly opens it’s twenty-eighth series of shares here January 1st. The local Building and Savings Asso ciation has enjoyed a very success ful year during 1950 and antici pates an even better year in 1951. One of the most impressive figures in the report for the association through November of 1950 is th. $4331.92 which represents profits paid out to shareholders through November of this year. Also impressive is the increase in total assets which jumped from $199,623.92 at the beginning of the year to $230,239.41 through No vember. An increase in th re serve for contingiencies of *000 in the past year has put th'. lund at $9000 now, it was learr Both 1949 and 1950 h; • .^een busy years for the buil- and savings association witl .e in crease during 1949 a jump from $169,744.36 to $199,623.92 The total amount which has been loaned through November this year is $88,450 officers stated this week and during the year loans for the financing of 46 new homes were made by the Building and Savings association. There has also '.^3en a definite and healthy increase in the inter est which local residents are show ing in the association during the past two years and more and more Shop-Portunity Days closed in local PMple are tegiMing to real- Mount Holly last Friday and in I««a ?lrong budding Md sav- Stanley last Saturday with huge'the crowds attending the drawings ■ budding up of ^e number of peo- held in both towns for the award- ^bo own their homes bere. ing of prizes donated by mer-l. Instatoent shares m the budd- chants participating in the two 1 Mvmgs as^iation here week pre-Christmas sales promo-,®®" be start^ with as httle as tion. Winner of the fifty dollar. ®"® ®bare with ea^ s..are one cash prize given by Stanley mer-1 P®" These shares chants in the Saturday drawing | was Mrs. Clarence Clemmer of the Hickory Grove section. Win- ^ ner of the fifty dollar prize given Comply here will \>e ^Is^ away in Mount Holly was Mrs. plaii' how you the Mu- John D York. Buildmg and Savmgs Asso- ,, ’ , * a- • X J • [ciation of Mount Holly at any Merchants who pwticipated in associa-. the sale each donat^ tion is located at the First State “■'‘U*'"'®? Bank and Trust Company. to the fifty dollar cash prize. W. i ^ ^ O. Barrett, Editor of the Mount I Holly News, was in charge of the program here. Merchants donating prizes in Mount Holly and winners includ: ed Barnette Flowers—Mrs. Bar bara Hovis, Mount Holly Furni- utre Company—H. W. Steppe and Barbara Green; Clark-Noles Jew- Merchants Give Numerous Prizes Any member of the personnel at the First State Bank and Trust Bank Goes On Par Basis First Effective January ist, 1951, as _ .. , . .an advertisement in this edition elers and Radio Service—Mrs. B. of The News points outs; the First B. Thomas and Mrs. Joe Koon; State Bank and Trust Company Pryor's Esso Service-Gene Hen- in Mount Holly will begin paying drix; Mathis and Son Shell Serv- all checks drawn on the local ice—Ernest Stowe; Edna Black, bank at par, Carl G. Carpenter, Florist—Brady Stamey; Holland president, announced this we*k. Drug Company—Lura Hopkins; This will also apply to the First Massey-Clark Hardware—E. R. State Bank and Trust. Company Hoyle; Clara Rogers—Mrs. C. W. at Bessemer City> of which Mr. Hendrix; Clara Hager—Carl Jack-jCarpenter is also president, it was son; Paul Derr—H. W. Jetton, and stated. Nell Aiken; Ivey Henkle Jeweler —Martin Holloway (winner of both prizes); Charlie’s Drug Store —Mrs. Russell Farris; Western Auto Store—Mrs. Clarence Clon- inger; Harris-White Store—Loret ta Norris; Central Shell Service— Earl Payne; Rankin Department Store—Terry Arrowood, and L. A. Sifford;*River Valley Gas Com pany—Mrs. W. G. Alligood; Tri angle Service Station — David Auten. Merchants in Stanley donating prizes and the winners were: Shook’s Clothing — Mrs. Lacy Homsley and Ray Cloniger; Mar tins Esso—Mrs. Lon J. Spargo and Mrs. John Calvin Russell; B. J. Cauble Drug—Charlie Hoyle and Miss Patsy Rabb; Shook’s Cash Grocery—Mildred Helton; Stan ley Service Station—Mrs. John Weathers and Ralph Handsel; called the firemen to River Street. here. The cafe fire in Catawba [Stanley Super Market—Vep Line- Heights was on December 24 and ^^8®r and Harold Ballard; Wal- on December 26 the firemen answ- Furniture Company—A. B. Paying checks at par means briefly that no charges will be made for paying checks drawn on either of the two banks which are mailed to the bank from other banks. Checks drawn at the win dow of the two banks have al ways been paid at par, wherea.^ charges have been made in the past for checks’ coming through the mails and from out of town banks. Mr. Carpenter stated that the Board of Directors of the Mount Holly and Bessemer City branches of the First State Bank and Trust Company believe that by taking this step they will be making an other provision to give their cus tomers the best service pos&iKe.- Hollis Dunn 0(»ns New Tax Offices ered an alarm reporting a grass i .o t\ - v -u- .. fire dangerously near oil tanks at Hammack-Derr — Ralph Brooke i the Summey Drug bujWin*- the Atlantie Oil Company here.|®"d Mrs. Jack Morris; Stanley v,,ll filtm. This was quickly brought under Supply Company—James Brown control and a second call on De-I**^*^ Ralph Handsel, cember 26 was to a grass fire at * The promotion was considered the home of Hub Massey here, j a great success by the merchants' This fire was also put out with no; who participated in the event and I Philbcck and Harold damage. RETURN FROM VISIT stores in many cases reported practically empty counters follow ing one of the biggest shopping years in Mount Holly in the past several years. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. McCorkle , have returned from a visit with 1 Dimes funds will have assisted in i their son, Bill McCarkle and Mrs. CHRISTMAS GUESTS some measure more than 54,000 polio victims of this and other years, Mr. Painter said. The cost of this assistance is more than $20,000,000. McCorkle of Jacksonville, Florida. They also visited their daughter, Miss Betty McCorkle, of Atlanta, and she returned home with them t on her Christmas vacation. Hollis Dunn, accountant of Ballard* \ Mount Holly, has opened offices in ’ ■ * - Mr. Dunn will specialize in filling out all types of income tax forms and returns for both the State and Federal governments. He will do individual, corporation and busi ness forms. Mr. Dunn hai had a great deal of.experience in this type of work and considered a very competent acocuntant He requests that as many as possible sec him early in order that he may be able to take care of his friends and customers. There is a great advantage in at- Mr. and Mrs. Lige Abernathy j tending to your tax forms' early, and son Jimmy of Belmont were j before the last minute rush. Christmas guests of Mr. and Mrs. * H. G. Harris of Mountain Island! Road. i ATTEND CHURCH
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